Research topic: Abraham Cohen de Herrera

Abraham Cohen de Herrera , c.1570-1635, Jewish philosopher and kabbalist, also called Alonso Nunez de Herrera and Abraham Irira. Born possibly in Portugal of a Marrano family, his studies of Neoplatonism, as taught in the Florentine Academy according to the interpretation of Marcel Ficino and as found in the Neoplatonic Dialoghi d'Amore of Judah Abravanel , and his studies of Lurianic kabbalah (see Luria, Isaac ben Solomon ), prompted him to attempt a synthesis of these two traditions in his Puerta del cielo (n.d.). This work, circulating in the original Spanish manuscript, in Hebrew... Read more